Becket
(1964)

An age of rampant lusts, abandon, runaway passions. An age brought bristling to life by two of the most exciting stars of our time!

Released: 1964-03-11

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King Henry II of England has trouble with the Church. When the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, he has a brilliant idea. Rather than appoint another pious cleric loyal to Rome and the Church, he will appoint his old drinking and wenching buddy, Thomas Becket, technically a deacon of the church, to the post. Unfortunately, Becket takes the job seriously and provides abler opposition to Henry. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2003.

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Richard Burton

as Becket / Thomas Becket

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Peter O'Toole

as his King / King Henry II

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John Gielgud

as King Louis of France / King Louis VII of France

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Gino Cervi

as the Cardinal / Cardinal Zambelli

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Paolo Stoppa

as the Pope / Pope Alexander III

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Donald Wolfit

as Bishop Folliot

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David Weston

as Brother John

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Martita Hunt

as Empress Matilda

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Pamela Brown

as Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine

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Siân Phillips

as Gwendolen

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Inigo Jackson

as Robert de Beaumont

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Felix Aylmer

as Archbishop of Canterbury

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John Phillips

as Bishop of Winchester

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Frank Pettingell

as Bishop of York

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Véronique Vendell

as French Prostitute

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Geoffrey Unsworth

Director of Photography

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Maurice Carter

Art Direction

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Joseph H. Hazen

Executive Producer

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Laurence Rosenthal

Original Music Composer

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John Bryan

Production Design

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Jean Anouilh

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